Treatment of Hyperlipidemia Induced in Rats by Sweet Almond (S.A.) Watery Extract (Prunus Amygdalus) and Compares with Atorvastatin

Abstract

Mohammad S. Jadaan, Atheer A. Khashan, Omar Salim Ibrahim.

The purpose of this study is to discover the therapeutic effect of water extract of sweet almonds (Prunus Amygdalus) on certain hyperlipidemia-related biological indicators induced by rats, and compare it with atorvastatin, and then use electric milling the machine performs drying and grinding to form a course coarse powder of sweet almonds. Randomly divide 20 mature rats into 4 categories (5 mice in each group) and treat them daily for sixty days. The 1st group is fed and drunk normally and is considered as a positive control group, hyperlipidemia was induced in the other three groups. Two different doses (500 and 1000) mg/kg body weight of sweet almond water extract was used to treat hyperlipidemia in the second and third group and compared with another group treated with atorvastatin 0.3 mg/kg body weight. As a lipid-lowering drug.